Even ‘Law & Order’ Is Terrified of AI
In its 26th season premiere, the procedural legal drama paints a damning picture of power-mad AI CEOs.
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OpenAI doubles down on decision to fire three AI safety researchers
OpenAI is standing firm on its decision to fire three safety researchers after an investigation found they committed "a significant breach of trust." In a post on X on Friday, the company said Jasmine Wang, Tomek Korbak and Mikita Balesni were dismissed for violating "clear…
The Verge — AI
Anthropic's Claude Science creates the first complete ultraviolet map of the sky
Astrophysicist Brice Ménard of Johns Hopkins University used Anthropic's Claude Science to map the entire sky in ultraviolet light for the first time. AI agents downloaded data from multiple space missions, calibrated it, and filled in gaps using inpainting. Predictions averaged…
The Decoder
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Job titles of the future: Delivery drone air traffic controller
The moment Trevor Wischnewsky heard that drones were delivering pizza and sushi around his Texas neighborhood, his mind was made up. “It was super fascinating,” he says. “I just immediately wanted to be a part of it.” Wischnewsky is now an RPIC, or “remote pilot in command,” at…
MIT Technology Review
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We’re still figuring out the side effects of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs
This week my colleague Antonio Regalado had an interesting update on GLP-1 weight-loss drugs. According to research presented at an aging meeting in Boston, these drugs seem to affect at least some measures of biological age. Overweight and diabetic people who take GLP-1s have a…
MIT Technology Review
We’re putting too much faith in AI’s ability to say no
Ever since people first seriously contemplated giving machines an intelligence modeled on our own, there has never been any question that they would, like us, be able to say no. The sci-fi canon is full of stories of robotic disobedience. Most of these capers are, of course,…
MIT Technology Review
OpenAI uncovers Russian and Iranian influence ops that planted fake stories in real news outlets
OpenAI exposed a Russian and an Iranian influence operation and banned the accounts involved. The Russian "Dark Clark" campaign spread disinformation across Latin America and drew reactions from politicians, earning the first category 5 out of 6 rating in OpenAI's reporting…
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Stanford student uses AI to design viruses
Stanford student Samuel King uses AI to design viruses
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Roundtables: A Conversation With the Creator of AI-Designed Viruses
Friday, October 16, 2026 Can AI design new life forms? In 2025, Stanford University PhD student Samuel King came up with a preliminary answer when he used a generative AI model to propose genetic blueprints for microscopic viruses. It isn’t yet an example of AI-generated life,…
MIT Technology Review
NVIDIA improves model pre-training with bitwise determinism
NVIDIA improves model pre-training with bitwise determinism
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NVIDIA Generative AI Announces Development of Simulations Using AI Agents
NVIDIA Generative AI Announces New Capabilities for Simulations with AI Agents
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Five Steps to Create SimReady Assets for Robotics with Frontier AI
NVIDIA describes a five-step process for preparing SimReady assets for robotics.
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ResearchStory: Anthropic запускает бесплатные AI-сканирования безопасности для открытых проектов#Anthropic1 min
Anthropic launches free security scanners for open-source projects
Anthropic offers free security scanners for open-source projects, using powerful models to detect vulnerabilities.
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ResearchStory: Anthropic запускает бесплатные AI-сканирования безопасности для открытых проектов#Anthropic1 min
Anthropic launches free AI security scans for open-source projects
Anthropic's offering to help open-source projects track down security vulnerabilities with a new service called OSS Scanner. It says open-source projects that opt-in will get "thorough, periodic security scans by our strongest models at no cost." That could mean open-source…
The Verge — AI
Inside Elon Musk’s Midterm Spending Spree
This week on “Uncanny Valley,” we discuss where Elon Musk’s PAC is spending millions, the latest ideology Trump claims is dangerous, and the backlash against the designer behind Muse’s logo.
Wired — Artificial Intelligence
ResearchStory: Уволенные исследователи безопасности OpenAI оспаривают обвинения в недобросовестности, предупреждают об «охлаждающем эффекте»#OpenAI#Hugging Face1 min
Fired OpenAI safety researchers deny misconduct allegations
Fired OpenAI safety researchers deny the allegations and warn of consequences
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Designer of New AI Meta Logo Faces Hatred
Designer Jessica Hische Faces Backlash After Working on AI Meta Logo
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SafeWorld emerges from stealth to build, deploy robot safety simulation technologies
SafeWorld said its platform can work in a range of industries with a range of robot embodiments, including robots arms, humanoids, mobile robots, and more. | Source: SafeWorld SafeWorld this week emerged from stealth with $12.2 million in seed funding. The startup aims to make…
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Pretend you’re sitting at Elizabeth Holmes’ desk on this weirdly detailed website
With over a thousand emails, slides, texts, and documents from the United States v. Elizabeth Holmes trial, Extend engineer Bo Lau created a website that simulates what it might have been like to rifle through the Theranos founder's desk.
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RUКак BlockRun и Incarna используют платежи AgentCore для ИИ-агентов
AWS Machine Learning рассказывает, как BlockRun и Incarna используют платежи AgentCore для ИИ-агентов.
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California is trying to shut down robot vs. human cage matches
The California State Athletic Commission sent a cease-and-desist letter to a startup that hosted a match between a human and a robot last month, as reported by The New York Times. The fight, which took place on September 18th, pitted a human, Frankie LaPenna, against a humanoid…
The Verge — AI
ResearchStory: Уволенные исследователи безопасности OpenAI оспаривают обвинения в недобросовестности, предупреждают об «охлаждающем эффекте»#OpenAI#Hugging Face1 min
Fired OpenAI safety researchers dispute misconduct claims, warn of chilling effect
Three fired OpenAI safety researchers dispute allegations of mishandling sensitive information, warning in an open letter that their dismissals are creating a chilling effect on the company’s AI safety culture.
TechCrunch — AI
RUКоманда NVIDIA KGMON заняла второе место на KDD Cup 2026
Команда NVIDIA KGMON заняла второе место на KDD Cup 2026, разработав надежного аналитического агента.
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RUOpenAI не соответствует стандартам в решении математических задач
OpenAI не достигла стандартов в решении математических задач, что вызывает озабоченность.
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She Designed Meta’s New AI Logo. Then Came the Hate
Jessica Hische knew working for Meta might upset some people. But she didn’t anticipate just how angry they would get.
Wired — Artificial Intelligence
Claude can now generate animated explainer videos and live data dashboards from text prompts
Anthropic launched two new beta features for Claude. Dashboards turns data sources like BigQuery and Snowflake into live dashboards from text prompts. Motion generates animated explainer videos from text and images. Docs, Slides, and Design now work across all plans, including…
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Being mean to Claude can now get your account suspended under Anthropic's new TOS
Anthropic's updated usage policy bans sustained abuse of Claude and tightens restrictions on propaganda, drone weaponization, and surveillance. The abuse rule builds on an approach that already lets models end some conversations and treats Claude as an entity that may deserve…
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Ben Affleck is an AI nerd, and the internet is impressed
Ben Affleck is going viral for his deep knowledge of AI, from neural networks and transformers to open weights. The actor, who sold his AI filmmaking startup to Netflix earlier this year, is proving he's more than just a Hollywood star.
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Popular AI leaderboard Arena nearly doubles valuation to $3.1B valuation in 10 months
The company behind the popular LMArena leaderboard has raised $200 million led by Lightspeed and Khosla, and is now measuring AI models on alignment issues such as lying.
TechCrunch — AI
OpenAI’s revenue is reportedly $20 billion less than previously projected
It had previously been reported that the AI lab's annualized revenue was some $70 billion, but a new report claims it's a whole lot less than that.
TechCrunch — AI